dessert

About 2.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc.

   I ordered hummus for a starter, a steak as the main course, and chocolate cake for dessert.

2. noun A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal.

   Trifle is a favourite dessert of the English, but rivalled by pavlova in Australia and New Zealand.

Similar words

sweet confection candy pie cake cheesecake pudding chow snack eat

Often followed by

and was is of wines wine for or plates

Word family

desserts